TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute Aerobic Exercise Based Cognitive and Motor Priming
T2 - Practical Applications and Mechanisms
AU - Moriarty, Terence A.
AU - Mermier, Christine
AU - Kravitz, Len
AU - Gibson, Ann
AU - Beltz, Nicholas
AU - Zuhl, Micah
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the University of Northern Iowa, The University of New Mexico, and Central Michigan University.
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2019 Moriarty, Mermier, Kravitz, Gibson, Beltz and Zuhl.
PY - 2019/12/12
Y1 - 2019/12/12
N2 - Acute exercise stimulates brain regions involved in motor and cognitive processes. Recent research efforts have explored the benefits of aerobic exercise on brain health and cognitive functioning with positive results reported for both healthy and neurocognitively impaired individuals. Specifically, exercise positioned near therapeutic (both behavioral and physical) activities may enhance outcomes associated with treatment outcomes (e.g., depression or motor skill) through neural plasticity promoting mechanisms (e.g., increased brain flow and oxygenation). This approach has been termed “exercise priming” and is a relatively new topic of exploration in the fields of exercise science and motor control. The authors report on physiological mechanisms that are related to the priming effect. In addition, parameters related to the exercise bout (e.g., intensity, duration) and the idea of combining exercise and therapeutic rehabilitation are explored. This exercise-based priming concept has the potential to be applied to many areas such as education, cognitive therapy, and motor rehabilitation.
AB - Acute exercise stimulates brain regions involved in motor and cognitive processes. Recent research efforts have explored the benefits of aerobic exercise on brain health and cognitive functioning with positive results reported for both healthy and neurocognitively impaired individuals. Specifically, exercise positioned near therapeutic (both behavioral and physical) activities may enhance outcomes associated with treatment outcomes (e.g., depression or motor skill) through neural plasticity promoting mechanisms (e.g., increased brain flow and oxygenation). This approach has been termed “exercise priming” and is a relatively new topic of exploration in the fields of exercise science and motor control. The authors report on physiological mechanisms that are related to the priming effect. In addition, parameters related to the exercise bout (e.g., intensity, duration) and the idea of combining exercise and therapeutic rehabilitation are explored. This exercise-based priming concept has the potential to be applied to many areas such as education, cognitive therapy, and motor rehabilitation.
KW - cognition
KW - exercise
KW - motor
KW - priming
KW - rehabilitation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077259243&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02790
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02790
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85077259243
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 10
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 2790
ER -